Can we stop treating cost-benefit analysis as if it’s “objective”?

CBA is an important evaluation tool, and its use involves as much subjectivity as any other

Economic methods of evaluation were the first evaluation methods I learnt and used, and I remain a proponent of them. Systematically and transparently identifying, quantifying, valuing and comparing costs and consequences of alternative courses of action is critical to making good resource allocation decisions. I don’t think evaluators do it enough.

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